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Flax (Linum usitatissimum) is widely used as a source of linen oil and fiber. As a rule, the flax varieties are suitable for either seeds and oil or stem fibers production. The “fiber” varieties bring low seed, w...
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Open AccessRole of IFN-α in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Type 1 interferons (IFN-I) are of increasing interest across a wide range of autoimmune rheumatic diseases. Historically, research into their role in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has been relatively neglected, bu...
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Failed Fixation of the Humeral Neck Fracture
The humeral neck is under complex biomechanical forces, which can make it prone to nonunion following fracture fixation. Lack of medial column support, poor bone quality in the humeral head, and the risk of av...
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Open AccessThe applicability of the “surprise question” as a prognostic tool in patients with severe chronic comorbidities in a university teaching outpatient setting
Life expectancy in recent decades has increased the prevalence of chronic diseases in the population, requiring an approach to new health topics, such as discussions on quality of life and expectations about d...
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Associations between Various Sleep-Wake-Related Indicators and Nutritional Status in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Yilan Study, Taiwan
To elucidate the relationship between various sleep-wake-related indicators and nutritional status.
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Mn-MOFs-derived Mn2O3 as an effective peroxymonosulfate activator for the degradation of organics in water
In this work, Mn2O3 synthesized from Mn-MIL-100 was used as an efficient PMS activator for Rhodamine B (RhB) removal in water. The materials were characterized by XRD, FITR, SEM, EDX, and BET analyses. Results sh...
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Open AccessModeling and optimization of parallelized immunomagnetic nanopore sorting for surface marker specific isolation of extracellular vesicles from complex media
The isolation of specific subpopulations of extracellular vesicles (EVs) based on their expression of surface markers poses a significant challenge due to their nanoscale size (< 800 nm), their heterogeneous s...
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Association of Device Industry Payments, Physician Supply, and Regional Utilization of Orthopedic and Cardiac Procedures
Geographic variation in high-cost medical procedure utilization in the USA is not fully explained by patient factors but may be influenced by the supply of procedural physicians and marketing payments.
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Effectiveness of the nutrition referral system in a multidisciplinary pancreatic cancer clinic
Proactive nutrition screening and intervention is associated with improved outcomes for patients with pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PDAC). To better optimize nutrition amongst our PDAC population, we implemented ...
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Variation in Clinical Characteristics and Longitudinal Outcomes in Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder Diagnosis Codes
Patterns of opioid use vary, including prescribed use without aberrancy, limited aberrant use, and potential opioid use disorder (OUD). In clinical practice, similar opioid-related International Classification...
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Enhancing robotic efficiency through the eyes of robotic surgeons: sub-analysis of the expertise in perception during robotic surgery (ExPeRtS) study
Robotic technology affords surgeons many novel and useful features, but two stereotypes continue to prevail: robotic surgery is expensive and inefficient. To identify educational opportunities and improve oper...
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Teaching Diverse Students: A Comparative Analysis of Perspectives from South Africa, Canada, and Hong Kong
Quality teachers and their role in economic development preoccupy the global imagination as the forces of globalization heighten both competition and cooperation among nations, fueled by international assessme...
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Towards Internationally Shared Principles of Quality Teacher Education: Across Finland, Hong Kong, and the United States
During an era of globalization and increasing geo-political complexity, strong international intellectual communities committed to quality teachers is crucial. “[H]igher expectations for learning and greater d...
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Precision medicine: the precision gap in rheumatic disease
For many oncological conditions, the application of timely and patient-tailored targeted therapies, or precision medicine, is a major therapeutic development that has provided considerable clinical benefit. Ho...
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Open AccessAssessing the role of robotic proctectomy in obese patients: a contemporary NSQIP analysis
Robotic proctectomy has become increasingly popular for both benign and malignant indications. The purpose of this study was to determine if the robotic approach has a distinct advantage over laparoscopy in ob...
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Perpetuating Health Disparities of Minority Groups: The Role of U.S. Newspapers in the COVID-19 Pandemic
During the COVID-19 pandemic, news media are expected to play a critical role in reducing health disparities. However, we know little about whether and how disparities in COVID-19 have been covered in national...
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Develo** prediction models for short-term mortality after surgery for colorectal cancer using a Danish national quality assurance database
The majority of colorectal cancer surgeries are performed electively, and treatment is often decided at the multidisciplinary team conference. Although the average 30-day mortality rate is low, there is substa...
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Open AccessPeriarteriolar spaces modulate cerebrospinal fluid transport into brain and demonstrate altered morphology in aging and Alzheimer’s disease
Perivascular spaces (PVS) drain brain waste metabolites, but their specific flow paths are debated. Meningeal pia mater reportedly forms the outermost boundary that confines flow around blood vessels. Yet, we ...
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Changes in left atrial appendage orifice following percutaneous left atrial appendage closure using three-dimensional echocardiography
Percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) occlusion is increasingly performed in patients with atrial fibrillation and long-term contraindications for anticoagulation. Our aim was to evaluate the effects of LAA...
